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Geoff M. Hilton

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
5709
World Ranking
6397
National Ranking
660

Geoff M. Hilton publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geoff M. Hilton sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 133 publications — 42nd percentile

42% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Geoff M. Hilton D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Geoff M. Hilton sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Geoff M. Hilton is affiliated with the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Ecology and subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

Themes dominant in their work cover several interconnected areas:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Several recent papers illustrate the scope and focus of their research. These include:

  • From a research study to a conservation partnership: Developing approaches to restoring common scoter populations (2020), published in Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
  • Wildlife health outcomes and opportunities in conservation translocations (2022), published in Ecological Solutions and Evidence
  • Wearable reproductive trackers: quantifying a key life history event remotely (2022), published in Animal Biotelemetry
  • Behavioural and energetic consequences of competition among three overwintering swan (Cygnus spp.) species (2021), published in Avian Research
  • Time-varying effects of local weather on behavior and probability of breeding deferral in two Arctic-nesting goose populations (2022), published in Oecologia

Hilton frequently publishes in journals such as Ibis, Ecological Solutions and Evidence, Journal of Applied Ecology, Ecology and Evolution, and Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.

Their frequent co-authors include Stuart Bearhop, Luke Ozsanlav-Harris, Kevin A. Wood, Larry Griffin, and Mitch D. Weegman, reflecting collaborations across several projects within avian and wildlife ecological studies.

Best Publications

  • Potential impacts of climatic change upon geographical distributions of birds

    Brian Huntley;Yvonne C. Collingham;Rhys E. Green;Geoffrey M. Hilton

  • Can predation by invasive mice drive seabird extinctions

    Ross M Wanless;Andrea Angel;Richard J Cuthbert;Richard J Cuthbert;Geoff M Hilton

  • Stable isotope ratios indicate that body condition in migrating passerines is influenced by winter habitat.

    Stuart Bearhop;Geoff M. Hilton;Stephen C. Votier;Susan Waldron

  • A forensic approach to understanding diet and habitat use from stable isotope analysis of (avian) claw material

    S. Bearhop;R. W. Furness;G. M. Hilton;S. C. Votier

  • Research priorities for seabirds: improving conservation and management in the 21st century

    R. Lewison;D. Oro;B. J. Godley;L. Underhill

  • Introduced house mice Mus musculus: a significant predator of threatened and endemic birds on Gough Island, South Atlantic Ocean?

    Richard Cuthbert;Richard Cuthbert;Geoff Hilton

  • USING ARTIFICIAL NESTS TO TEST IMPORTANCE OF NESTING MATERIAL AND NEST SHELTER FOR INCUBATION ENERGETICS

    Geoff M. Hilton;Mike H. Hansell;Graeme D. Ruxton;Jane M. Reid

  • A stable isotopic investigation into the causes of decline in a sub‐Antarctic predator, the rockhopper penguin Eudyptes chrysocome

    Geoff M. Hilton;David R. Thompson;Paul M. Sagar;Richard J. Cuthbert

  • The catastrophic impact of invasive mammalian predators on birds of the UK Overseas Territories: a review and synthesis.

    Geoff M. Hilton;Richard J. Cuthbert

  • Intraflock variation in the speed of escape-flight response on attack by an avian predator

    Geoff M. Hilton;Will Cresswell;Graeme D. Ruxton

  • Choice of Foraging Area with Respect to Predation Risk in Redshanks: The Effects of Weather and Predator Activity

    Geoff M. Hilton;Graeme D. Ruxton;Will Cresswell

  • Evidence for a rule governing the avoidance of superfluous escape flights

    Will Cresswell;Geoff M. Hilton;Graeme D. Ruxton

  • A comparative study of digestion in North Atlantic seabirds

    Geoff M. Hilton;Robert W. Furness;David C. Houston

  • From both sides: dire demographic consequences of carnivorous mice and longlining for the Critically Endangered Tristan albatrosses on Gough Island.

    Ross M. Wanless;Peter G. Ryan;Res Altwegg;Andrea Angel

  • Using stable isotopes to investigate migratory connectivity of the globally threatened aquatic warbler Acrocephalus paludicola

    Deborah J Pain;Rhys E Green;Benedikt Giebetaing;Alexander Kozulin

  • Costing eradications of alien mammals from islands

    T. L. F. Martins;T. L. F. Martins;M. de L. Brooke;G. M. Hilton;S. Farnsworth

  • Variation in the masting of common beech ( Fagus sylvatica L.) in northern Europe over two centuries (1800–2001)

    G.M. Hilton;J.R. Packham

  • Prioritizing the world's islands for vertebrate-eradication programmes

    M. de L. Brooke;G. M. Hilton;T. L. F. Martins

  • Integrated population modelling reveals a perceived source to be a cryptic sink

    Mitch D. Weegman;Mitch D. Weegman;Stuart Bearhop;Anthony David Fox;Geoff M. Hilton

  • Demography and population trends of the Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross

    Richard Cuthbert;Peter G. Ryan;John Cooper;Geoff Hilton

  • At-sea distribution of breeding Tristan albatrosses Diomedea dabbenena and potential interactions with pelagic longline fishing in the South Atlantic Ocean

    Richard Cuthbert;Geoff Hilton;Peter Ryan;Geoffrey N. Tuck

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart Bearhop
Stuart Bearhop University of Exeter
Peter G. Ryan
Peter G. Ryan University of Cape Town
Anthony D. Fox
Anthony D. Fox Aarhus University
Robert W. Furness
Robert W. Furness University of Glasgow
Stephen C. Votier
Stephen C. Votier Heriot-Watt University
Graeme D. Ruxton
Graeme D. Ruxton University of St Andrews
David C. Houston
David C. Houston University of Glasgow
M. de L. Brooke
M. de L. Brooke University of Cambridge
David J. Hodgson
David J. Hodgson University of Exeter
Deborah J. Pain
Deborah J. Pain University of Cambridge

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